 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 páginas
...waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be mv queen. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...chide : " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied 1" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...these may grow A hundred-fold, who having learned thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian wo. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | 1856 - 666 páginas
...submission and endurance. In either, or both ways, he solemnly resolves faithfully to adhere to duty. OS HIS BLINDNESS. " When I consider how my light is spent,...death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul were bent, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : '... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 páginas
...thousand actions once afoot, End in one purpose, and be all well borne Without defeat. SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent Ere...which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though iny soul more bent To serve wherewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, elude;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 páginas
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,...chide; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied I" I fondly ask; but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 páginas
...passion spent. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' 2 I fondly ask: but Patience 3 , to prevent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that... | |
 | Thomas Bush (of Lamborne.) - 1849 - 224 páginas
...similar to his own, — feelings arising from his partial removal from the more active work of God. , " Doth God exact day-labour light denied ! I fondly ask. — But patience to prevent That murmer soon replies ; God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 páginas
...invade, Beneath His wings' propitious shade. Submitting snnrself tofiollji unto &(s to tfl. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...denied?" I fondly ask — But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies — " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 páginas
...waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...account, lest he, returning, chide : " Doth God exact day-lab'nnr, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | 1850 - 300 páginas
...Rolls the swift planets in their spheres, And counts the sinner's lonely tears. MILTON'S SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,... 
